Internet in Singapore

[citation needed] A service known as Teleview was jointly developed by Telecom Authority of Singapore (TAS) and GEC-Marconi of the UK.

Early service providers for editorials were Singapore Press Holdings, Housing Development Board and Singapore Stock Exchange, which provided a range of services, including general news, business news, housing lots and selection lists, real-time stocks and shares prices.

Pages with images were sent to the terminal by Full Field Teletext transmissions from dedicated data inserters/UHF TV Transmitters.

In December 2006, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) introduced a programme named "Wireless@SG".

It offers everyone free wireless access in high human-traffic areas, including the Central Business District, downtown shopping belts like Orchard Road, and residential town centres.

[11] In November 2014, ViewQwest unveiled plans for a 2 Gbit/s fibre broadband service for households in Singapore, offering the country's fastest internet connection in the market.

In March 2015, the service was officially launched making it the world's fastest home broadband plan alongside Japan.

[15] In August 2016, Colt launched dedicated bandwidth, business-grade internet services for enterprises in Singapore.

[17] In Singapore, Internet services provided by the three major Internet service providers are subject to regulation by the Media Development Authority (MDA) to block a "symbolic" number of websites containing "mass impact objectionable" material, including Playboy, YouPorn and Pornhub.

Free access; Minimally 5 Mbit/s 3G/4G LTE Network There are currently multiple Internet Exchange Points available in Singapore: